Chapter 1049: Night Attack on Shanyang Cang
The night is like ink, the starlight is dim, the periphery of Shanyang Cang is a simple city, backed by the foothills, because there has been no war, so the defense here is not rigorous, relatively slack. At this time, sporadic torches were set up at the battlements of the city, and the fire was like beans, swaying dimly.
In the foothills a few miles north of the city, 10,000 elite pioneers lay in ambush, waiting for nightfall.
Originally, there were sentry posts in the Huai River area, but this vanguard army did not cross the river directly, but through the coastline of Dongjun, took the sea route played by boat, landed from the coastline of Jiangdu County, and then rushed to the vicinity of Shanyangcang, bypassing the Huai River defense line and scout surveillance.
"It's almost time, there are 10,000 defenders in Shanyang Cang, this time we have 10,000 people crossing the river, all of them are lightly armed, and there are 20,000 people waiting on the bank of the Dongjun River, take Shanyang Cang first, transport away the grain and grass, and if you don't love to fight, you can't take it away, so that the Jianghuai Army will not be called a granary in Jiangdu County, and see how long their coalition army can support."
Xue Wanshu communicated with the two lieutenants around him and formulated an attack plan.
Because under the night, there was still a little light rain, which was conducive to their night attack, in order to create chaos, they sent vanguard death squads, each wearing bronze fanged masks, appearing at night, it was indeed terrifying.
This is to fight psychological warfare, frighten the Jianghuai defenders, and reduce their morale and be able to quickly kill the enemy.
"General Xue, it's time to get closer to the son, and it's time to do it."
Xue Wanshu pondered for a moment and said: "It's over, when it's time for people to be the most sleepy, the defense is lax, which is conducive to our sneak attack." ”
"Yes!"
The soldiers waited patiently, and finally when the time passed, the light rain was misty and the autumn wind was bleak.
A large number of elite soldiers quietly approached the city, sixty, forty, twenty steps, and groups of soldiers leaned under the walls of the city.
Commander Zhang Yonggang personally led the team and was responsible for the first attack, a row of crossbow archers aimed at the soldiers in the city, pulled the trigger, and there was a whooshing sound, and the arrows flew out.
"Puff puff—"
The sound of arrows piercing armor and flesh sounded, and the guards of the Jianghuai Army, the sentry posts standing outside the battlements of the city wall, were all shot, and blood splashed and fell down one after another.
At the same time, some of the soldiers who were good at climbing threw up their hooks and began to climb the city wall quickly.
"Enemy attack!"
"Oh no, there are enemy soldiers under the city!"
There were the surviving Jianghuai guards at the head of the city, and they began to shout in panic.
"Enemy soldiers?" Some of the guards on the city wall, out of curiosity, looked down near the battlements, but as soon as they poked their heads out, they were pierced through their heads and throats by crossbow arrows, and fell in pools of blood.
These climbing warriors selected from the vanguard army are all good at one as ten, athletic, good at rock climbing, etc., equivalent to special forces in the army, personal ability, agility, etc. are much stronger than ordinary soldiers, and they jumped up two or three heights between a few breaths, and the interval of one minute has been close to the battlement.
Although they were discovered by the Jianghuai guards, broke some hooks, cut off ropes, and shot people with bows and arrows, dozens of people still rushed to the city at the first time.
"The city is broken, the city is broken!" As soon as these special fighters who had climbed over the battlements climbed to the top of the city, they shouted loudly to weaken the Jianghuai Army's fighting spirit and combat effectiveness.
"Kill—"
The special soldiers drew their swords and swords and pounced on the Jianghuai defenders to block the enemy's defensive offensive.
This is not a big city, but a granary built near the mountain, and the outer city is not as thick and tall as the Shanyang city wall, and there are 10,000 defenders in it, so I thought that no one would come back to attack here.
At this moment, the battle began, and the whole body was moved, and the second and third waves of special warfare warriors of the Chinese people rushed up, fierce and brave, alive and vigorous, and extremely strong in combat, although there were many Jianghuai troops in the city and the city gate, but when they saw the attacking soldiers wearing fanged masks, they were murderous and fearful.
Suddenly, the Dahua vanguard soldiers rushed to the stone steps on the inner side of the city wall with overwhelming momentum, driving the panicked guards down, and some of the soldiers were crowded and stamped, rolled into a ball, and fell down the stairs.
"The city is broken!"
"Those who surrender will not be killed!"
The slogans that the Dahua soldiers kept shouting broke the fighting spirit of the other party's stubborn resistance.
Some brave soldiers fought bloody and rushed towards the city gate, hundreds of guards, trying to break up the defenders at the city gate and open the city gate.
Zhang Yonggang had already climbed to the top of the city, commanding the battle, and at the same time sent people to shoot arrows and send out signals.
10,000 horses and horses in the forest rushed out with a roar, rushing towards the gate of the east city.
There was a big chaos in the city, because I don't know how many people and horses came from outside the city, under the dark night, the enemy was in the dark, the Jianghuai army was in the light, and there was no war for a long time, so the training and patrol were lax, and the sense of battle was not strong enough.
The battle in the city continued to expand, and the Jianghuai army was no longer able to resist, and was knocked back by some cavalry, as well as those masked vanguards, with fierce combat power, swords and swords, and completely scared the defenders.
About an hour later, the battle was basically over, Shanyangcang was occupied, two or three thousand people were killed, thousands were captured, and three or four thousand people broke through. “”
"Transporting the grain and grass here, going to the coastline, temporarily storing it on the ship, and after the army in Jiangbei crosses the river, it will be converted into the grain and grass of our army!" After Xue Wanshu entered the city, he immediately issued a military order to carry grain and grass, which was also the purpose of their attack.